Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 26, 2026

Gordon G Liu, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as LIU, GORDON G

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2612 2618

This examiner grants 83% of resolved cases

Analysis

LIU, GORDON G is a USPTO patent examiner in Tech Center 2600 and Art Unit 2612. The record covers 706 resolved cases, with an 83.0% allowance rate and a median of 791 days to allowance. The allowance figure indicates that most matters reached allowance, and the median timing shows a shorter path than profiles characterized by substantially longer prosecution periods within this record.

The interview lift is 14.7%, reflecting a positive association between interviews and allowance outcomes. The listed companies are Snap, Samsung Electronics, and Bristol-Myers Squibb. The listed firms are Oblon, Anova Law Group, and Fenwick & West. Practitioners may use interviews to reinforce an already favorable prosecution posture while keeping written amendments tightly targeted.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

83.0%
Allow Rate
+21.0% vs TC avg
748
Total Applications
+14.7%
Interview Lift
791
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 706 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

7.1%
§101 Eligibility
3.5%
§102 Novelty
77.4%
§103 Obviousness
2.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19188780 ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR GENERATING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE OR THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIDEO USING ALPHA CHANNEL IN WHICH DEPTH VALUE IS INCLUDED Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18921174 HUMAN MOTION UNDERSTANDING USING STATE SPACE MODELS Final Rejection Apple Inc.
18881194 FACIAL EXPRESSION SIMULATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
19063437 CONTENT GENERATION DEVICE, CONTENT GENERATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18857217 VIRTUAL SPACE PRESENTING DEVICE Final Rejection NTT DOCOMO, INC.
18924996 IMAGE GENERATION METHOD AND APPARATUS Final Rejection Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
19052070 SHADOW RENDERING METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMPUTER DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
18995649 DYNAMIC MESH GEOMETRY REFINEMENT Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18321100 VIRTUAL REPRESENTATION EMOVECTORS Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
19037551 Intersection Testing in a Ray Tracing System Using Axis-Aligned Box Coordinate Components Non-Final OA Imagination Technologies Limited
18615997 TIME-ADJUSTED INTERPOLATED FRAME DISPLAY Non-Final OA ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Gordon G Liu's allowance rate?

83.0% of resolved applications examined by Gordon G Liu were allowed (706 resolved cases), compared with 70.3% across Art Unit 2612 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Gordon G Liu?

This examiner's interview lift is +14.7 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Gordon G Liu take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Gordon G Liu took 791 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Gordon G Liu work in?

Gordon G Liu examines applications in Art Unit 2612 in Tech Center 2600 (Communications).

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